Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§13367 Coal Exports

Title 42 › CHAPTER 134 — ENERGY POLICY › SUBCHAPTER VI — COAL › Part C — Other Coal Provisions › § 13367

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must, working with the Secretary and other federal agencies, send a plan within 180 days after October 24, 1992 to the proper House committees and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to expand exports of U.S. coal. The plan must describe likely export markets and growth, identify trade barriers by country and ways to address them, review needed U.S. ports, rail, ships, and other infrastructure, and assess environmental effects and chances to blend U.S. coal with other countries’ coal.

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Title 42, §13367

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(a)Plan

Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan for expanding exports of coal mined in the United States.

(b)Plan contents

The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)a description of the location, size, and projected growth in potential export markets for coal mined in the United States;

(2)the identification by country of the foreign trade barriers to the export of coal mined in the United States, including foreign coal production and utilization subsidies, tax treatment, labor practices, tariffs, quotas, and other nontariff barriers;

(3)recommendations and a plan for addressing any such trade barriers;

(4)an evaluation of existing infrastructure in the United States and any new infrastructure requirements in the United States to support an expansion of exports of coal mined in the United States, including ports, vessels, rail lines, and any other supporting infrastructure; and

(5)an assessment of environmental implications of coal exports and the identification of export opportunities for blending coal mined in the United States with coal indigenous to other countries to enhance energy efficiency and environmental performance.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 13367

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110